Archive for 2011
Paphides wife pips Dawn French to book of the year award
Caitlin Moran’s How To Be A Woman has won the Galaxy book of the year award.
Caitlin is married to Times columnist Peter Paphides.
A public vote crowned the journalist’s semi-autobiographical tome the winner ahead of titles by Dawn French, …
Cypriot Monk arrested
An abbot accused of embezzlement, money laundering and making false statement in a government land swap deal was arrested on Saturday and placed under guard in his monastic cell, police said.
Abbot Efraim , a Cypriot, was taken into custody …
Tens of thousands of protesters pressure Putin
Tens of thousands of flag-waving and chanting protesters called on Saturday for a disputed parliamentary election to be rerun and an end to Vladimir Putin’s rule, increasing pressure on the Russian leader as he tries to win back the …
Babies left without birth certificates in Cyprus
SEVERAL infants have not been issued birth certificates because their parents could not pay the mother’s clinic fees for giving birth, the Child Commissioner Leda Koursoumba yesterday. Koursoumba said that infants whose parents could not pay the clinic fees were …
Queen visits Prince Philip in hospital
Queen Elizabeth visited her 90-year-old husband Prince Philip in hospital on Saturday where the country’s longest-serving royal consort was recovering from surgery to ease chest pains he had suffered in the days before Christmas.
Buckingham Palace said the operation to …
Cypriots jailed on drugs offences
A Greek Cypriot couple received prison sentences on Thursday after having been found guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs into Cyprus through Larnaca Airport.
Carolina Elzarou, 24, and Petros Tryfonos, 38, were sentenced to three and five and a half …
Chocolate coated Brussels sprouts a big hit
Chocolate-coated Brussels are a sprout and out hit
A CHOCOLATIER has come up with an idea only some will find sweet — chocolate-covered SPROUTS.
Andy Simpson says his new delicacy of Brussels coated in finest Belgian chocolate are selling like …
X Factor’s Sophie Habibis speaks out on phone robbery
Gutsy Sophie Habibis has revealed how she chased a robber down the street after he snatched her phone.
But the 20-year-old of Tufnell Park warned other young woman not to follow suit as it wasn’t worth risking your own safety.…
Prince Philip, 90, has heart surgery
Prince Philip, the 90-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, had heart surgery to ease a blocked artery on Friday after being rushed to hospital with chest pains as he prepared to celebrate Christmas with the royal family.
Britain’s longest-serving royal consort, …
